scholarly journals Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Sustainability: Systematic Review 1990–2016

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter Alfredo Salas-Zapata ◽  
Leonardo Alberto Ríos-Osorio ◽  
Jaiberth Antonio Cardona-Arias
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
General Tendency ◽  
Attitudes And Practices ◽  
Educational Environments ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Different Populations ◽  
Knowledge Attitudes And Practices

Abstract For any transition towards sustainability to be successful, it is necessary to understand the knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) – related to sustainability – in different populations. A systematic review was conducted to identify and analyse KAP studies on sustainability that were reported in the scientific literature during the period of 1990–2016. Ten studies were found, of which half were conducted among populations in educational environments, i.e., teachers, students and graduates. The KAP results vary among the studies; however, there is a general tendency to investigate aspects related to ecosystems, natural resources, environmental protection and conservation. The present study concludes that it is necessary to conduct KAP studies that include categories that reflect on the wide range of meanings of sustainability and the attitudes and practices that would arise from such perspectives. This finding also reveals dimensions of sustainability usually omitted by KAP studies of sustainability.

scholarly journals Systematic Review: Effect of Health Education Intervention on Improving Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Adolescents on Malnutrition

Nutrients ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 2426
Author(s):  
Ruth Charles Shapu ◽  
Suriani Ismail ◽  
Norliza Ahmad ◽  
Poh Ying Lim ◽  
Ibrahim Abubakar Njodi
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Data Extraction ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Education Intervention ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Attitudes And Practices ◽  
Health Education Intervention ◽  
Knowledge Attitudes And Practices

Adolescence is a phase in the life cycle of human beings. Adequate knowledge, attitudes and practices towards malnutrition are necessary for proper growth and development and for their future children. This systematic review aimed to determine the effect of health education intervention to improve the knowledge, attitudes and practices of adolescents on malnutrition. PubMed, Scopus, clinical trials, CINAHL, SAGE, Science Direct and Medline were searched according to Preferred Reporting Item for Systematic Reviews and Meat-analysis (PRISMA) guidelines to identified published studies from January 2013 to December 2019 based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria. A total of eight studies were included in this review. Data extraction was done based on randomized controlled trial only. Three out of the eight studies had low risk of bias, the overall evidence of the study was moderate. Findings from this study suggest that health education intervention among adolescents have significantly improved their knowledge, attitudes and practices. More specific interventions should be conducted in low and middle income countries since they bear more of the burden of malnutrition globally.

scholarly journals Profile of the Use of Microorganisms within Environmental Management: Systematic Review 2012-2017

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolina Zuluaga-Mazo ◽  
David Arango-Bermudez ◽  
Walter Alfredo Salas-Zapata
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Environmental Management ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Systematic Study ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Environmentally Friendly ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Economic Sectors

The use of microorganisms as part of environmental management action, aimed at dealing with environmental issues, results in an interesting and more environmentally friendly alternative to the conventional physicochemical decontamination methods. In this sense, a profile of the use of microorganisms in environmental management would prove helpful for people and organizations to make their processes more sustainable. However, the publications that describe the use of microorganisms within environmental management tend to show their author’s point of view, rather than the results of a systematic study in this field of knowledge. Consequently, descriptions of microorganisms, environmental issues and economic sectors involved do not necessarily reflect how developed research in microbiology and environmental management is. Therefore, the aim of this study was to describe the use given to microorganisms within environmental management, providing a profile related to the environmental issues tackled, natural resources affected, and economic sectors involved. A systematic review of scientific literature published between 2012 and 2017 led us to the description of three types of use given to microorganisms, six types of natural resources protected through such uses, ten types of environmental issues, and eight economic sectors in which the uses mentioned are applicable.

scholarly journals Health Professionals' Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices about Pharmacovigilance in India: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

PLoS ONE ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. e0152221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula ◽  
Asim Ahmed Elnour ◽  
Shazia Qasim Jamshed ◽  
Abdulla Shehab
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Attitudes And Practices ◽  
Knowledge Attitudes And Practices

The Psychosexual Histories of Young Women with Bulimia

1985 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanne F. Abraham ◽  
Nicholas Bendit ◽  
Catherine Mason ◽  
Helen Mitchell ◽  
Nicholas O'Connor ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young Women ◽  
Matched Control ◽  
Anal Intercourse ◽  
Sexual Knowledge ◽  
Attitudes And Practices ◽  
Control Subjects ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Body Weights ◽  
Average Control ◽  
Knowledge Attitudes And Practices

While it is known that anorexia nervosa patients show a wide range of sexual knowledge, attitudes and practices, the psychosexual histories of bulimia patients have not been studied. in this paper the psychosexual histories of 20 bulimic patients and 20 matched control subjects are presented. Bulimic patients were more likely to experience orgasm with masturbation, were more likely to have experimented with anal intercourse, and were more ilkely to describe their libido as ‘above average’. Control subjects were more likely to experience orgasm during sexual intercourse. Bulimic patients associated high body weights with unattractiveness, and tended to withdraw from social and sexual activity at high weights. In other aspects of their sexual behaviour, and in their attitudes to sexual matters, the two groups were similar.

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